[shotdog]

Mrs Dog and I bought a set of reproduction McGuffey Readers when our son was 3. By the time he was 4 he was reading at a first grade level. Teaching sight words reading is simply BS. Phonics is the only way to teach reading, although to be sure, there are some words which must be taught as sight. Think of “the” as an example. sd

[codder too]

It is no coincidence that so many BOYS are now ADD OR ADHD and drugged. Brain development in girls is more rapid and, for some reason, they seem to GET phonics almost naturally.

Thank DrSuess and lots of parents who think they are helping by reading these books to their young children. Seuss was paid to create CAT IN A HAT which introduces the base vocabulary for sight and say.

An illiterate nation is more easily CONTROLLED.

[BruceDeitrickPrice]

May I suggest, as a tactical/practical matter, that we agree that there’s no need for sight-words. PERIOD. Nobody needed them for centuries. Most of the phonics experts I trust argue there’s no need for even one.

(Please Google “42: Reading Resources” for more on Sight-Word craziness.)